Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The television commentators are quick to say when a referee penalises the attacking team for collapsing in their opponents ' 22 metre area : ‘ Why would the attacking team want to collapse scrummage ? ’ |
| 2 | If this is the exchange-rate mechanism working as it is supposed to , how will it be possible to tell when the system is failing ? |
| 3 | It may , for example , be hard to decide when an inquiry commences , particularly when it is the less formal variety of administrative action which is in question . |
| 4 | Er , based on the evidence which the public consultation produced the Committee considered that the primary concern of consumers was to be able to identify when a gene likely to be a cause of concern to a significant proportion of the population was present in foodstuff . |
| 5 | By applying such a low EM field to a cell in order to excite it and then observing how long it takes to discharge , it is possible to determine when a cell has become transformed from a normal state to a cancerous condition . |
| 6 | it follows that it is important to recognise when the limitation period expires and ensure that no action is taken which could mislead a plaintiff . |
| 7 | This is easiest to detect when the mound has been made of a material with a distinctive colour , such as chalk . |
| 8 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 9 | During the day it was difficult to judge when the charcoal was at the correct stage . ’ |